Author: William Scrope

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-06-12

Total Pages: 357

ISBN-13: 9781330049624

Excerpt from Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing In presenting a new edition of William Scrope's Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing to the angling community of the year 1921 one is a little doubtful as to one's attitude as showman. Should it be proud or slightly apologetic? There is justification for either alternative, but, on the whole, I am inclined to think that pride wins. For the book is a Classic, a great Classic, and it is, moreover, a Classic which it is now very hard to come by. The first edition of 1843 is a thing of price, of steadily increasing price, the second edition of 1854 is quite rare, and the only modern edition is over twenty years old and is now, I believe, out of print. So modern anglers who want a copy of Scrope have for some time been limited to the chances of the second-hand market, which are precarious. I am sure that they will welcome the opportunity now given to them of acquiring a copy by the simple process of walking into a shop and asking for it. I have said that the book is a great Classic, which is rather a strong assertion, for the title may not be lightly conferred, especially on sporting books, which are, too many of them, apt to depend more on a bond of sympathy between author and reader than on intrinsic merit in themselves. I am not, however, inclined to modify my verdict on Scrope's volume. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.